Hanger-bracket.



PATENTED MAY 26, 1903'.

0. S. PERKINS.

HANGER BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED r113. 11, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 26, 1903.

A PATENT OFFICE.

ORLANDOW S. PERKINS, OF NEWBERN, NORTH CAROLINA. 4

HANGER-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,404, dated May 26, 1903. Application filed Pebruary17, 1903. Serial No. 143,831. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDOW S. PERKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New born, in the county of Craven and Stateof North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hanger-Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brackets for holding various articles, and pertains particularly to a bracket for holding brooms, umbrellas, clothes, towels, and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a hanger or wall bracket of such novel and peculiar construction that articles of various character and description may be held thereby, placed and removed therefrom without operating or adjusting the bracket or any part.

thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provideInovel and peculiar suspending-bars specially adapted to be used in connection with the bracket. 1

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a per spective view showing the application of the bracket with one of the bars shown elevated in dotted lines. line as m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the bars, partly broken away.

The same numeral references denote the same parts in the views of the drawings.

The broom, towel, and clothes holding features having been covered by my prior application, allowed December 22, 1902, the same will not be herein claimed.

The bracket is preferably cast or made in one piece and comprises a back plate 1, adapted to be attached to a wall, door, partition, or in any other suitable and convenient place. A clothes-bar holder is formed at one end of the bracket by a lower arm 2 and an upper angle-plate 3, both of which project from the plate 1 and are connected by an endpiece 4, having a hanger 5. The plate 3is' provided with a hanger point or post 6, and the edge of said plate has notches 7, the purpose of which will be hereinafter fully disclosed. A prong 8 projects from the other end of the plate 1 and has a slot or elongation 9 to hold a small tip or umbrella end or rod. A finger 10 extends from the plate 1 intermediate the plate 3 and the prong 8, so as to leave a space between the plate 3 and the finger for abroomhandle and an interval between the finger Fig. 2 is a section on the and the prong for larger umbrella-rods, brush and duster handles, or other articles capable of being hung from the bracket, but which are either too small to fit the said space or too large for the said slot or elongation. The plate 8, prong, slot, and finger have beveled edges inclining in the same direction, and said space and interval are wedge-shaped to prevent the articles from slipping.

The special clothes hanger-bars 11 are preferably of triangular shape,the face 12 of which has a shoulder 13 to engage the arm 2 to prevent the bars from slipping out of the holder, and the ends of the bars engage the under side of the plate 3 to keep them in proper position for hanging clothing or other articles thereon. A like shoulder 14 rests on the arm 2 when the bars are raised or elevated and not in use, and in such position the edge 15 of the bars engage the notches 7.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hanger-bracket comprising a back by means of which the bracket is fixed, and an 'gle-plate projecting perpendicular to the back and having notches in its edge, a slotted prong projecting at right angles from the back, a finger perpendicular to the back and intermediate thepr'ongand said plate, and an arm extending from the back and offset from and on a plane below the said notched edge, so as to leave a space between the angle-plate and the arm for operating hanger-bars.

2. The combination, with a hanger-bracket having a back by means of which the bracket is secured, a prong projecting at right angles from one end of the back and provided with an elongation or slot, a plate'perpendicular to the back and having notches in one edge, a finger intermediate the plate and prong, and an arm extending from the other end of the back below the said plate, of the hanger-bars adapted to be swung vertically into the notches and out of the latter into'horizontal position ;.and shoulders formed in the bars to en gage the said arm. I

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses ORLANDOW S. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

C. 1. DE BRUHL, N. B. MARTIN. 

